Slipper



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SLIPPER Filed May l2, 1928 lNVENTU/f TTORNEYS Patented Nov. 12, 1929UNITED STATES MAX A. HOHENSTEIN, OF NEW YORK, 'N'. Y.

` SLIPPER yApplication filed May 12, 1928. Serial No. 277,158.

This invention rela-tes to improvements in f to provide a Washableslipper havin@ temporary sole, the solc which lends rigidity to theslipper being removable when the slipper itself is Washed. o

Further objects oit the invention will be apparent from thespecilication and drawn ings in which Fig. l is a top plan view olf myimproved slipper'.

Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig, 3 is a sectional view along the line 2 2 ofFig. l.

F1 fl is a sectional view of the rear porwith the.

tion Vof the base of the slipper temporary sole in place.

Fig. 5 is a bottomplan vieW of ythe slipper with the temporary sole inplace.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the temporary sole alone.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view along the line 77 of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a plan view of the pocket in the base of the slipper at thetoe portionthereof.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the base of the slipper at the heel portionthereof.

rEhe upper fabric portion of the slipper is represented by A, the baseby B, the binding on the upper as C, the binding on the base as D. 0nthe underside of the base at the toe and heel portions thereof, arepositioned two pockets, the pocket at the toe portion being designatedas E and at the heel portion as F. Into these pockets may be iitted thetemporary sole, H, which may be made oit cardboard, cork or' similarrigid material, and need not be Washable.

@ne of the advantages of putting this sole on the 'eXteriorfo-f theslipper rather than on the inside thereof, is the fact that slippers oitthis character are usually employed to cover feet unprotected by socksand it is therefore an advantage for the naked feet to Contact With thefabric of the slipper rather than with the material of which thetemporary sole may be composed, suoli as glazed cardboard or a similarmaterial.

My improved slipper is constructed in thek following manner: y

I take a Washable fabric, preferably cotton, and form the top and thebase thereof Separately of a single piece of fabric. Two operationssui'lice for the making of the slipper a'lfter the cutting of a patterntherefor; one operation to` sew the binding for the top; the second andfinal operation to sew the binding lor the base including the sewing or'the pockets on the toe and heel portion of theslipper on the undersideol the base. The operation of sewing the binding on the base includesthe attachment of the upper portion of the base, as Well as theattachment or the pockets on the underside,

o' the base.

I am aware that slippers have been heretotore constructed With temporarysoles but believe it is newr to make a slipper of the constructionherein shown with a sole entirely removable and functioning on theunderside of the base of the slipper.

Having fully described my invention, Wh at I claim is:

A fabric slipper having separate pockets on the underside of the baseand at opposite ends thereof and a rigid removable sole positioned insaid pockets, the middle portion of said sole being normally exposed onthe underside of said slipper.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signa-ture.

MAX A. HOHENSTEIN.

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